xhe

Middle English

Pronoun

xhe

  1. Alternative form of sche

Wutunhua

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɧə]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 喝 (“to drink”).

Verb

xhe

  1. to eat
    Synonym: qe
    ha-jhege kuize-liangge huan xhe-di-li.
    Chinese people [in general] eat with chopsticks.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 49)
  2. to drink
    ni kafei xhe-zhe-mu cha xhe-zhe?
    Would you like to drink coffee or tea?
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 202)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 河.

Noun

xhe

  1. river

References
  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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